Weird Academic Nagging

By Maria Demertzi and Nikos Aggelidakis (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences)

Two friends and young social anthropologists—Maria and Nikos—hanging out at home while they find a call for complaints. They talk and nag each other about academic issues, such as language hierarchies, text hegemonies, and the multimodal disinterest about “classic” anthropology.

BIOS

Maria Demertzi studied social anthropology (BSc) at the University of Thessaly and is currently a master's student in social and cultural anthropology (MSc) at Panteion University in Athens. For her master's thesis, she is researching the digitalization of graffiti and exploring the fine line between the digital and public/nondigital sphere.

Nikos Angelidakis studied sociology (Bsc) and social and cultural anthropology (MA) at Panteion University of Athens. He is working on an ethnographic documentary for his master's thesis. His academic interests include sexuality, gender and the body, the anthropology of labor, and multimodality in ethnography.